future library.

Chapter 212 Celebration
There was no expression of joy or anger on Cheng Jinzhou's face, he got up slowly, and went downstairs slowly, leaving only the misty backs for the students.

It was not until long after he had left that the crowd in the restaurant resumed their conversation.

People are always easy to identify with the strong.When everyone thinks Cheng Jinzhou is a child, they will look at him with condescending eyes; but after telling everyone that he is an astromancer, getting Jie Yuan will only make them lament the injustice of the world.

In fact, few people suspected that Cheng Jinzhou might have cheated.

After all, in people's minds, astrologists are extremely smart guys. Although success in the imperial examination is unpleasant, it is not confusing.

Throughout history, there have always been some conceited star warlocks who took part in the imperial examinations. Some of them succeeded, and some failed.History naturally records the winners and forgets the losers, just as it does with all lotteries, stocks, and gambling.

The Qingpi who announced the good news also rushed towards the Cheng family. The richer the family, the happier they are to tip on such things.Beggars go to weddings and weddings to spend food, and if they say auspicious words, the host will still satisfy their wishes.

So, before Cheng Jinzhou arrived home, Cheng's father and Cheng's mother had already received the news: Cheng Jinzhou High School Xie Yuan!

When I first heard the news, I was really shocked. Even Father Cheng stood stunned for a long time.

Cheng Jinzhou, who prides himself on being the No.1 student in the Cheng family, has the greatest regret in his life that he got No.4 in the provincial examination that year.

Cheng's mother was even more ecstatic. Although Cheng Jinzhou told her about plagiarism in the provincial exam, she didn't care.

The Jieyuan of the Provincial Examination is a matter of honor wherever it is placed.

When the reward was given, Mother Cheng threw out a silver ingot.Fortunately, Shi Mo knew the situation and grabbed some scattered copper coins and threw them to the others. In this way, the first lucky Qingpi escaped the fate of turning blue all over his body.

With Cheng's mother's happiness, the whole Cross Street and Suzaku Street became excited.

To say that Cheng's mother is also the daughter of the Zheng family in Hexi, she is not inferior to the rich children of later generations in terms of aristocratic temperament and aristocratic consumption-she has pulled a team of musicians from nowhere, and walks along the longest cross street in the capital. Along the way, the servants of the Cheng family were mobilized to stand on both sides of the whole street and give out red envelopes to everyone who passed by.

The red envelope was made by Liu Ji, the largest paper shop in the capital, and it contained a large amount of money from the first year of Emperor Lizong's reign. Since it was the first batch of money made when the new emperor came to power, there was a lot of copper material, yellow and orange. Holding it in the hand, it weighs as much as two ordinary coins. When merchants buy it, they are more willing to pay two or three times the price. Whether it is smelted into copper or simply collected, a large amount of money from the first year is very valuable.

The Cheng family was able to find so much money in a short period of time, thanks to Shi Yan's acquaintance with enough people.Among the sea merchants, those who have a way are indispensable.

When Cheng Jinzhou came back along the long street, the musicians had already set off. When he got home, the servants even started the process of distributing money. Countless civilians lined up neatly, happily receiving red envelopes. people were dumbfounded.

"I'm back." Cheng Jinzhou slammed off his horse, looked at Cheng's mother who was waiting at the door strangely, and said, "What's going on with the people outside?"

"You have to understand the Yuan Dynasty, and of course you have to celebrate it properly. The Cheng family has not had the opportunity to understand the Yuan Dynasty for 150 years. You are the first of the Qing sub-branch. I have sent a fast horse back to Shaonan to report the news." Mother Cheng He spoke happily, and at the same time he organized his servants to wrap the outer wall with silk and satin. The bright red silk and satin fluttered in the wind, surrounding the high blue brick wall, which was very luxurious.

"Already dispatched?" Cheng Jinzhou opened his mouth in surprise and said, "It's just Jieyuan..."

Father Cheng snorted first, as if dissatisfied with his statement.

Cheng's mother patted him and said with a smile: "Your father is also very happy. I have invited the cook from the FL building, and I am going to invite your second uncle to have dinner together. In addition, starting tomorrow, our family will open a flowing water table in the south of the city. The porridge from the waishe for a month. Handing out money on the long street is for auspiciousness."

"Wouldn't that cost a lot of money?" Cheng Jinzhou was not opposed to things like hosting a banquet, but he always felt that his mother's celebration was too much.In particular, this quota of Jieyuan was obtained by cheating.

He completely miscalculated the impact of the imperial examination on the nobles and common people.For people, cheating in the imperial examinations occurs every year, but generally they are maintained within a certain range. In order to ensure the fairness of the imperial examinations, the imperial court will give a lot of publicity to the winners of the imperial examinations—no matter how they win. and praise.From the audience's point of view, what they really see is the scenery of the winner, not the writing talent of the winner.

If he spelled words, art, and creation, Li Bai could beat most people in the world at that time, but his achievements in the imperial examination were almost negligible.Literary scholars at that time had long recognized the value of Li Bai's poems, but their praise of Li Bai did not affect their recognition of the number one scholar.

Even Cheng Yun'an seemed to have forgotten Cheng Jinzhou's true level, his so-called plagiarism and failure arguments, nodded his head slightly and said: "It is indeed worth celebrating."

Seeing that the rigid old man was doing the same thing, Cheng Jinzhou gave up struggling and asked, "I see that you give out red envelopes to everyone, is there enough money?"

Even though he hasn't used the independent trading platform to buy and sell goods for a long time, Cheng Jinzhou still has a lot of money, 20 taels, and he is a real rich man.

But Cheng's mother smiled and said: "The family has money, and it will be dark in a few hours today. At most, one hundred thousand yuan can be sent out, and a few hundred taels of silver are nothing."

The air of nobility is beyond words.

Cheng Jinzhou figured it was true. Two servants at each end of the street were distributing money. Even if one red envelope was sent out every second, 6 big money could be distributed in an hour, and more than 8 big money could be distributed in [-] hours at most. Changing to silver taels is a matter of hundreds of taels of silver, but the impact is absolutely different.

This is like opening a shopping mall and giving people a red envelope of two yuan on the street. As far as advertising costs are concerned, the cost is almost negligible.

However, Cheng Jinzhou was skeptical about having money at home. He rolled up his sleeves and took out the tens of thousands of taels of pocket money inside and said, "Since it's for me to celebrate, it's not good to spend the money at home."

"You child." Cheng's mother said, but took the money, called the steward she brought from Shaonan, took out a flying ticket of 5000 taels, and said, "Go to the household department to exchange the money and bring it back. , let Xiao Qi Xiao Ba follow you."

Cheng Jinzhou, the old family member of the Cheng family, didn't actually recognize the two of them. Seeing that Cheng's mother organized things in an orderly manner, he stopped taking care of them.Anyway, for him now, it would not have much effect if the celebration went too far.

How could an ordinary little noble dare to hold such a grand celebration in the second gate of the capital, and even bring thousands of people together?But for the priests in the temple, even the city defense yamen would pretend not to see it.

The subordinates of Grand Duke Heyi have the experience of the fourth command, and now they only report the matter layer by layer, but they don't send a single soldier, so the officials of the yamen are on the scene to maintain order.

Cheng's father didn't think carefully, and Cheng's mother was probably too happy to take care of it.The Cheng family's celebration ceremony in the capital almost copied the model in Shaonan, the only difference being that the scale was inadvertently enlarged by more than 10 times.

However, in the eyes of those aristocratic families, what the Cheng family did seems to be very appropriate and restrained - after all, they only celebrated on the two streets near their house, which did not exceed one-tenth of the capital city area. The two-star warlock and the status of the temple priest can even be considered low-key.

Many nobles came to congratulate spontaneously without waiting for Mother Cheng to send out the invitation. As a result, the banquet that was originally planned for the next day was brought forward.

The Cheng family's outer house in the capital has limited space. Hearing the voices outside, Cheng Jinzhou shook his head and said, "As for it? It's not like he won a Jinshi."

"Jinshi does not necessarily have the reputation of being a master of the Yuan Dynasty." Someone at the door answered in a delicate voice.

Cheng Jinzhou frowned and turned his head, but it was Weng Xilian who he had not seen for some days. Seeing her charming smile, his brows relaxed slightly.

"If Priest Cheng understands Yuan, won't he be willing to see the little girl?" Weng Xilian spoke a little more boldly than before, less like a lady from the capital's aristocratic family, but more freely like a daughter of the future generation.

Cheng Jinzhou liked her very much, so he couldn't help laughing and said, "I just think it's too noisy outside, and I don't know how long it will last."

"In the next half month, I'm afraid it will become more and more noisy." Weng Xilian covered her mouth and said with a wild smile: "The ones who came today are the few families with duties in the capital, and they are all in the same dynasty as your father. As an official..."

"Are there any hidden rules for this?" Cheng Jinzhou interrupted her and asked.

Weng Xilian frowned and thought for a while before she understood the meaning of the unspoken rules, and said with a light smile: "Mr. Cheng is really quick-witted, and the unspoken rules are very good once. But there are so many families in the capital, there are always some default rules to follow, for example For things like Yuan, it is not acceptable for everyone to get together to discuss how to handle them, and it is good to follow the previous rules."

"What is the rule?"

"Tomorrow, the prominent nobles in the capital will send people to congratulate them. The day after tomorrow, high-ranking officials from the Zhengshitang and Menxia provinces will come to congratulate. Uncle Cheng is now the head of the household department, so the aristocratic family with servants and ministers at home will also come tomorrow." People will be sent. The day after tomorrow will be the royal family. If His Majesty the Emperor makes a decree, it will usually be in the evening. Before that, the queen will have a decree to reward and prepare for it. On the sixth day, it will be the day when the ordinary nobles visit. Next, the six high-ranking officials who are not nobles will come here, and the eighth day will be when your father's subordinates and low-level officials and nobles come..." Weng Xilian finished speaking in one breath, familiar with the rules.

Cheng Jinzhou felt that it was enough to hear it, and said again: "As for it."

"Of course." Weng Xilian said seriously: "If a high-ranking official from the political hall meets your father's subordinates, the latter will be ignored, which is not good. If a powerful noble and a high-ranking official meet, who will The question of who to visit will make people scratch their heads. The royal family will not get involved with ordinary nobles. His Majesty the Emperor will not decree rewards casually. The Queen must give rewards first before making a decision. You are now the priest of the temple. , there may also be people from the Star Warlock Association and the Holy Church..."

Cheng Jinzhou waved his hands again and again and said, "Then you are here this time?"

"You really don't welcome me..." Weng Xilian pouted immediately.If she was in the later life, she would be the age of a high school student, and the appearance of a green fruit would make the hard-skinned Cheng who was ripe in her heart suddenly envious.

……

(End of this chapter)